Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross II Class, with Luxury Case to a Bavarian Recipient GTRexclude an Alsen Cross

an Alsen Cross

but displaying the typical manufacturing characteristics of Steinhauer & Lück of Lüdenscheid

(Tropenhelm Insignien)

with two gilded rank pips

outer edges of the glasses trimmed in a soft black brushed fabric

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross II Class, with Luxury Case to a Bavarian Recipient GTRexclude an Alsen Cross(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 II. Klasse mit Etui). Reinstituted 5 August 1914 by Kaiser Wilhelm II. (1914 1918 issue). Constructed of iron and silver, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, consisting of a Cross Patte with a blackened magnetic iron core within a ribbed silver frame, the obverse with a central initial W, the six oclock arm with a reinstitution date of 1914, the twelve oclock arm with a royal crown, the reverse with three